This bibliography provides a selected list of U.S. archival collections in Communication Studies, with an emphasis on Advertising, Broadcasting, Film Studies, Speech Communications, and Women in the Media. For Journalism libraries, see the Poynter Institute's [http://www.poynteronline.org/content/content_view.asp?id=1247 Libraries with Journalism] Bibliography.

This bibliography provides a selected list of U.S. archival collections in Communication Studies, with an emphasis on Advertising, Broadcasting, Film Studies, Speech Communications, and Women in the Media. For Journalism libraries, see the Poynter Institute's [http://www.poynteronline.org/content/content_view.asp?id=1247 Libraries with Journalism] Bibliography.

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'''Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Academy Film Archive'''

'''Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Academy Film Archive'''

Provides extensive holdings of materials on the subject of motion pictures, including 27,000 books; 1,800 periodical titles; 60,000 screenplays; 200,000 clipping files; 25,000 posters; over 7 million photographs; and over 300 manuscript and other special collections. Other materials include (among others) sheet music, oral histories, sound recordings and music scores, and costume and production sketches.

Provides extensive holdings of materials on the subject of motion pictures, including 27,000 books; 1,800 periodical titles; 60,000 screenplays; 200,000 clipping files; 25,000 posters; over 7 million photographs; and over 300 manuscript and other special collections. Other materials include (among others) sheet music, oral histories, sound recordings and music scores, and costume and production sketches.

This collection at the Library of Congress has more than 27,000 titles, which primarily includes "theatrical features and shorts (1894-present), as well as substantial numbers of newsreels, documentaries, and television programs." Especially significant collections include (among others) the Black Film Collection, which includes more than 100 films starring or produced by African Americans, and the United Artists Collection of Warner Brothers Releases from 1920-1950, which includes approximately 1,500 shorts and 1,175 features.

This collection at the Library of Congress has more than 27,000 titles, which primarily includes "theatrical features and shorts (1894-present), as well as substantial numbers of newsreels, documentaries, and television programs." Especially significant collections include (among others) the Black Film Collection, which includes more than 100 films starring or produced by African Americans, and the United Artists Collection of Warner Brothers Releases from 1920-1950, which includes approximately 1,500 shorts and 1,175 features.

This archive has an extensive collection of films and videos (over 10,000), and many other film studies materials, such as (among many others) 7,500 posters, and 1,500 audiotapes of filmmakers that have visited the archive. The collection also houses 95,000 "documentation files" with materials such as (among others) press kits, film reviews, and articles on filmmakers and various genres.

This archive has an extensive collection of films and videos (over 10,000), and many other film studies materials, such as (among many others) 7,500 posters, and 1,500 audiotapes of filmmakers that have visited the archive. The collection also houses 95,000 "documentation files" with materials such as (among others) press kits, film reviews, and articles on filmmakers and various genres.

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'''Douglass Archives of American Public Address'''

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[http://douglassarchives.org/ http://douglassarchives.org/]

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This is a searchable online archive of nearly 100 speeches and related documents. Allows users to browse chronologically, by title, speaker, or issue. Figures represented include (among many others) Jane Addams, George W. Bush, and Frederick Douglass.

This page is a selected list of women journalists whose papers are included in the Sophia Smith Collection of archival materials at Smith College. Prominent figures include (among others) Helen Gurley Brown (editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine), and Gloria Steinem (co-founder and former editor of Ms. Magazine).

This page is a selected list of women journalists whose papers are included in the Sophia Smith Collection of archival materials at Smith College. Prominent figures include (among others) Helen Gurley Brown (editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine), and Gloria Steinem (co-founder and former editor of Ms. Magazine).

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==Compiled by and Comments==

Content by: Sharon Ladenson

Content by: Sharon Ladenson

Created: January 2004

Created: January 2004

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Last modified: Wednesday December 13, 2006

Last modified: Wednesday December 13, 2006

Revision as of 21:15, 27 January 2011

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This bibliography provides a selected list of U.S. archival collections in Communication Studies, with an emphasis on Advertising, Broadcasting, Film Studies, Speech Communications, and Women in the Media. For Journalism libraries, see the Poynter Institute's Libraries with Journalism Bibliography.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Academy Film Archivehttp://www.oscars.org/filmarchive/
Includes more than 15,000 film and video materials from the earliest period of cinema to the present. Especially significant holdings include (among others) the Blackhawk collection (covering the silent film period), and the Academy War Film Collection (which originated during World War II).

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Margaret Herrick Libraryhttp://www.oscars.org/library/index.html
Provides extensive holdings of materials on the subject of motion pictures, including 27,000 books; 1,800 periodical titles; 60,000 screenplays; 200,000 clipping files; 25,000 posters; over 7 million photographs; and over 300 manuscript and other special collections. Other materials include (among others) sheet music, oral histories, sound recordings and music scores, and costume and production sketches.

American Film Institute Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/mpcoll.html#2
This collection at the Library of Congress has more than 27,000 titles, which primarily includes "theatrical features and shorts (1894-present), as well as substantial numbers of newsreels, documentaries, and television programs." Especially significant collections include (among others) the Black Film Collection, which includes more than 100 films starring or produced by African Americans, and the United Artists Collection of Warner Brothers Releases from 1920-1950, which includes approximately 1,500 shorts and 1,175 features.

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archivehttp://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfalibrary/
This archive has an extensive collection of films and videos (over 10,000), and many other film studies materials, such as (among many others) 7,500 posters, and 1,500 audiotapes of filmmakers that have visited the archive. The collection also houses 95,000 "documentation files" with materials such as (among others) press kits, film reviews, and articles on filmmakers and various genres.

Duke University AdAccesshttp://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
This archival collection provides access to more than 7,000 advertisements online. The collection primarily covers U.S. newspapers and magazines published between the years of 1911 and 1955. The archive is searchable, and organized into five thematic categories: "Beauty and Hygiene, Transportation, Radio, Television, and World War II."

Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the Worldhttp://gos.sbc.edu/
This is an online archive of speeches by influential contemporary women from around the world. The archive is searchable by keyword, and users can also browse chronologically or alphabetically by name.

Library of American Broadcastinghttp://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/
Founded in 1972, this broad collection of materials (such as "audio and video recordings, books, pamphlets, periodicals, personal collections, oral histories, photographs, scripts and vertical files") focuses on the history of broadcasting. An extensive alphabetical listing of descriptions of the collections is available on the library web site. This collection was formerly located in the headquarters of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington D.C., but became part of the collections of the University of Maryland Libraries in 1994.

Library of Congress: Motion Picture and Television Reading Roomhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/
This site provides an overview of the film and television resources available at the Library of Congress. Includes links to online finding aids, as well as digital materials from the collection (such as online films available through the American Memory project).

Library of Congress American Memory Project: Coca-Cola Television Advertisementshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colahome.html
This online collection includes never broadcast, experimental footage, as well as various television advertisements for Coca-Cola. The collection is searchable by title and keyword, and includes links to various resources, including (among others), a selected bibliography of related print resources, and a brief overview of the history of television advertising (written by a curator of the Library of Congress' Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division).

Museum of Broadcast Communicationshttp://www.museum.tv/
This museum has extensive archival resources. The site of the museum has an online catalog for searching the collections, which include 13,000 television programs, 4,000 radio programs, 11,000 television commercials, and 4,500 newscasts.

National Public Broadcasting Archiveshttp://www.lib.umd.edu/NPBA/index.html
Housed at the University of Maryland at College Park, this collection provides archival holdings of U.S. non-commercial broadcasting sources, such as (among others) National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service, and Children's Television Workshop. Also includes collections of personal papers of individuals who have made significant contributions to public broadcasting.

National Women and Media Collection: Western Historical Manuscript Collection Columbia at the University of Missourihttp://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/nwm.html
This site provides listings and descriptions of primary source materials from the National Women and Media Collection at the University of Missouri (Columbia). The collections include (among numerous other materials) the papers of Donna Allen (founder of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press), historic records of the National Federation of Press Women, and records from the Women in Journalism Project of the Washington Press Club Foundation (including transcripts of interviews with 53 female journalists).

PoynterOnline Resource Centerhttp://www.poynter.org/resource_center/
This list includes links to over 50 journalism libraries, research centers and organizations throughout the world with journalism library resources. Bibliographers and subject specialists maintain many of the academic Web pages.

Smithsonian Archives Center: Advertising, Marketing & Commercial Imagery Collectionshttp://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d-7.htm
The most heavily used materials in this collection include advertising cards, booklets, labels, letterheads, posters, and trade catalogues. The collection also has sizeable collections of "commercial ephemera," including cigarette packaging, greeting cards, matchbooks, postcards, and sports trading cards. The collection is organized into 538 geographic and subject categories. Twenty-four finding aids for various areas of the collection are available online, including (among others) the "Pepsi Generation Oral History and Documentation Collection," and the "Breck Girls Collection."

Smithsonian Archives Center: Film, Video and Audio Collectionshttp://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d-4.htm
Significant audiovisual holdings in this collection include "the Groucho Marx Collection, Tupperware films in the Ann and Tom Damigella Collection, the Medical Sciences Film Collection, and films in the records of Western Union and Hills Brothers Coffee Co." The site includes five online finding aids for different areas of the collection, including (among others) the "Jazz Oral History Program Collection," and the "National Zoo Training Films Collection."

University of California at Los Angeles Film and Television Archivehttp://www.cinema.ucla.edu/
This collection houses more than 220,000 television and motion picture titles, as well as more than 27 million feet of newsreel footage. Television programs include (among others) more than 40 years of Emmy Awards broadcasts, and more than 10,000 television advertisements from 1948 through the mid 1980s. Major film collections have been donated by organizations such as (among others) the American Film Institute, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Advertising Collectionhttp://door.library.uiuc.edu/cmx/collections/adcollections.htm
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign has extensive print advertising collections. The D'Arcy Collection of the UIUC Communications Library has nearly two million advertisements dating 1890 between 1970 from sources such as magazines, newspapers, journals, signs, brochures, and programs. The university also houses the Advertising Council Archives, which provide a historical overview of public service advertising since World War II. In addition, the university provides access to the Woodward Collection of Advertising, which has approximately four million advertisements from national magazines and newspapers published from the late 1800s through the 1980s.

Vanderbilt Television News Archivehttp://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
This archival collection includes more than 30,000 television evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, as well as over 9,000 hours of "special news-related programming" (such as presidential press conferences). The archive has been developed since 1968. Institutions can subscribe to the searchable database of abstracts of the news programs. Vanderbilt also is working to digitize selected programs for institutions that subscribe to the database. Videotapes of the news programs can be ordered from Vanderbilt for a fee.

Washington Press Club Foundation: Women in Journalism Projecthttp://npc.press.org/wpforal/ohhome.htm
The Women in Journalist Project documents the contributions of more than 50 female journalists who were active in the profession since the 1920s. This is an oral history project, which includes interviews with the women journalists. Many of the interview transcripts are available on the project site. In 1998, the Women in Journalism Project won the Forrest C. Pogue Award for outstanding and continuing contributions to oral history.

Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Researchhttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr
This archive has 15,000 motion pictures and television shows and tapes, several thousand sound recordings and two million promotional graphics and photographs. It also includes more than 300 manuscripts from film and television actors, designers, directors, producers and production companies, and writers. The strongest collections focus on the film industry from 1930 to 1960, popular theater from the 1940s and 1950s, and television between the 1950s and 1970s.

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers and Broadcasters During World War IIhttp://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html
This Library of Congress online exhibit features photographs, articles, and other materials on eight women broadcasters, journalists and photographers of World War II. Also includes a more extensive list of women who worked as accredited correspondents during the Second World War.

Women in Journalism: Selected Primary Sources from the Sophia Smith Collectionhttp://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-jour.html
This page is a selected list of women journalists whose papers are included in the Sophia Smith Collection of archival materials at Smith College. Prominent figures include (among others) Helen Gurley Brown (editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine), and Gloria Steinem (co-founder and former editor of Ms. Magazine).